NightShade – Weekly Reading Response Blog

I haven’t read much since my last post, but from what i have read, everything is still moving pretty slow. The union is coming up very soon, and Calla is beginning to worry. Besides that Ren asked her to go out to dinner right before the union, and she is having accepting her destiny.

10. At some points in this book the way the author writes is very choppy, as if there is an argument going on in her head. I think that she does this on purpose, because she usually writes like this when her characters are debating something with themselves. I think that it is very effective because it king of feels like I’m arguing to.

11. In my book Calla is suppose to “marry” Ren (the union), but every time she kisses him she ends up thinking of Shay. The way the author portrays the characters Ren and Shay, i know that she is trying to make the reader root for Shay. But i kind of want her to end up with Ren, the author makes him seem kind of mean at some parts, but he try really hard to please Calla. Shay is really nice to, but she is already engaged to Ren, so i don’t understand what all of the fuss is about!

Reading Response Prompts

1. Tell what like or dislike about the book and why.

2. Tell about parts of your book that puzzled you or made you ask a question.

3. Tell what you noticed about the characters, such as what made them act as they did or how they changed.

4. Write about something in the book that surprised you or that you found interesting.

5. Write your predictions and about whether your predictions were right.

6. Ask for help in figuring out meaning of your book.

7. Tell about the connections that you made while reading the book. Tell how it reminds you of yourself, of people you know, or of something that happened in your life. It might remind you of other books, especially the characters, the events, or the setting.

8. Write about the author’s style and how it makes you feel.

9. Write about the language the author used and why you think the author wrote this way.

10. Write about the author’s craft – what was effective about the way the author wrote.

11. Write about anything else that you may think of that deals with the book.

12. Do you relate to any of the characters in the book? Explain how and why.

13. If you abanded the book, why did you?

14. Name 3 examples of signals that went off in your head while you were reading and explain them.

15. Explain what happened at the climax and explain why you think that is the climax.

16. Tell what you think could be changed in the book to make it better for readers.

Reading Response Rubric

Level 3 (B Range)
In your response you:
- have written at least one post a week
- demonstrate that you have read a variety of fiction and non-fiction materials
- reflect on the books you read effectively- relate to the books you read
- retell only the most important information in your responses
- explain your interpretation of a written work clearly, supporting it with evidence from the work and from your own knowledge and experiences clearly.
- demonstrate that you are a critical thinker that examines characters, plot, setting and literary - devices effectively

Level 4 (A Range)
In your response you:
- have written more than one post a week
- demonstrate that you have read a good variety of fiction and non-fiction materials
- reflect on the books you read very effectively
- relate to the books you read very effectively
- retell only the most important information in your responses
- explain your interpretation of a written work clearly, supporting it with evidence from the work and from your own knowledge and experiences clearly and concisely.
- demonstrate that you are a highly critical thinker that examines characters, plot, setting and literary devices effectively